Hercules the Invincible
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Directed by | Alvaro Mancori Lewis Mann |
Written by | Pat Kein (writer) Alvaro Mancori (screenplay) Kirk Mayer (writer) |
Produced by | Alvaro Mancori |
Starring | Dan Vadis, Spela Rozin |
Cinematography | Claude Haroy |
Edited by | Frank Robertson |
Music by | Francesco De Masi |
Release date | 19 March 1964 (Italy) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Hercules the Invincible (Italian: Ercole l'invincibile) is a 1964 Italian Sword and Sandal film directed by Alvaro Mancori and Lewis Mann and starring Dan Vadis. It is the first of two directing credits for cinematographer Alvaro Mancori.
The film was later released to American television retitled Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness as part of the Sons of Hercules TV syndication package.
Plot
Hercules saves a woman named Telca from a lion and arrives in triumph in her village. Telca's father King Tedaeo offers Hercules Telca's hand in marriage, if he brings back the tooth of a dragon. Hercules seeks help from a witch who gives him a spear that will kill the dragon but wants the same tooth as her reward. As Hercules has promised the tooth to King Tedaeo the witch warns him that the magic of the tooth will only work once.
In Hercules' absence Telca's village has been pillaged with all the survivors save Babar the comedy relief, are taken as prisoners to the Demulus, a tribe that lives inside a mountain and eats the hearts of their prisoners.
Cast
- Dan Vadis as Ercole (Argolese)
- Spela Rozin as Telca
- Carla Calò as Ella, Queen of the Demulus
- Ken Clark as Kabol, Melissia's Father
- Jon Simons as Babar
- Eric Schenk as Jerckules the abandoned son
- Jannette Barton as Etel
- Ugo Sasso as King Tedaeo, Telca's Father
- Howard Ross as Telca's Brother
- Olga Solbelli as The Oracle
- Alberto Cevenini as Capt. of the Guard
- Tricia Pettitt as Slave Girl Supervisor
- Rosemarie Lindt as Slave Girl
- Kriss Moss as Guard
- Jannette Le Roy as Slave Girl
- Sara Laurier as Slave Girl
- Christine Mathius as Slave Girl
- Matt Malinowski as Slave Man
Reception
From contemporary reviews, an anonymous review in The Monthly Film Bulletin noted that "the sloth-like hero belongs to the more dim-witted school of muscle-men, so that it takes a companion, in the shape of a comically cowardly assistant to demonstrate by contrast the heroic stature of Hercules."[1] The review noted "there is some modestly colourful spectacle in the scenes of the underground city and its destruction by lava."[1]
References
- ^ a b "Ercole L'Invincible (Hercules the Invincible), Italy, 1963". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 32, no. 372. British Film Institute. January 1965. p. 7.
External links
- Hercules the Invincible at IMDb
- Hercules the Invincible is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive (dubbed in English)
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- Hercules and the lion of Nemea (5th century BCE)
- Hercules of the Forum Boarium (2nd century BCE)
- Lansdowne Heracles (c. 125)
- Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos (c. 150–256)
- Farnese Hercules (216)
- Hercules slaying Antaeus (c. 1460)
- Hercules and Deianira (c. 1470)
- Hercules and the Hydra (c. 1475)
- Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds (1500)
- Hercules and Antaeus (c. 1500–1510)
- The Choice of Hercules (c. 1520–1525)
- Hercules and Antaeus (1531)
- Hercules and Cacus (1534)
- The Origin of the Milky Way (1575–1580)
- The Choice of Hercules (1596)
- Hercules and Omphale (1603)
- Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (1634)
- Hercules and the Hydra (1634)
- Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla (1634)
- The Death of Hercules (1634)
- Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye (1636)
- The Origin of the Milky Way (1637)
- Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides (1638)
- Landscape with Hercules and Cacus (c. 1660)
- Hercules and Omphale (1732–1734)
- Libertas Americana (1783)
- The Sanctuary of Hercules (1884)
- Hercules the Archer (1909)
- Achelous and Hercules (1947)
- The Twelve Labors of Hercules (1981)
- The Labors of Herakles (2006–2008)
- Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar
- Hercules and the Nemean Lion
- Ercole amante (1662)
- Alcide (1693)
- Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)
- Admeto (1727)
- Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213 (1733)
- Hercules (1744)
- Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe (1747)
- The Choice of Hercules (1750)
- Hercule mourant (1761)
- Le Rouet d'Omphale (1871)
- Déjanire (1911)
- Atlántida (1962)
- Hercules vs. Vampires (2010)
- The Mighty Hercules
- The Sons of Hercules
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
- Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
- Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994)
- Hercules in the Underworld (1994)
- Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994)
- Hercules: The Animated Series (1998)
- "Hercules and the Arabian Night" (1999)
- Young Hercules (1998)
- Hercules (2005 miniseries)
- Atlantis (2013)
- Hercules (Marvel Comics)
- Hercules (DC Comics)
- Hercules (Radical Comics)
- The Return of Heracles (1983)
- Hercules (1984)
- Disney's Hercules (1997)
- Herc's Adventures (1997)
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (2000)
- Heracles Chariot Racing (2007)
- Glory of Heracles (2008)
- Hercules in popular culture
- Hercules (franchise)
- Hercules (2019 musical)
- Pillars of Hercules
- Maczuga Herkulesa
- Hercules' Club
- Xena: Warrior Princess
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